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Ralph McQuarrie
Gary, Indiana, USA
Ralph Angus McQuarrie (/məˈkwɒriː/; June 13, 1929 – March 3, 2012) was a conceptual designer and futurist responsible for many of the designs and aesthetics featured in the origin…
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Ralph Angus McQuarrie (/məˈkwɒriː/; June 13, 1929 – March 3, 2012) was a conceptual designer and futurist responsible for many of the designs and aesthetics featured in the original trilogy. He also provided concept illustrations fort he original Battlestar Galactica and the illustration of the Ark of the Covenant seen in a Bible near the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark. He often went by the initials "RMQ," which he used as his signature. McQuarrie was tuckerized via a cameo in The Empire Strikes Back as General Pharl McQuarrie.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2017
Star Trek: Discovery
TV show Conceptual Design
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2004
The Characters of Star Wars
Movie Self
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2002
Ralph McQuarrie: Illustrator
Movie Self
- 2001
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1996
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Movie Self
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1990
Nightbreed
Movie Concept Artist
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1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Movie Visual Effects
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1985
Cocoon
Movie Visual Effects
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1983
Return of the Jedi
Movie Concept Artist
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1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Movie General McQuarrie (uncredited)
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1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Movie Art Designer
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1972
VD Questions and VD Answers
Movie Animation
